I ordered a custom Mario Confente in 1978 and specified 126mm (six speed) spacing and Mario made it to 120mm (five speed) spacing by mistake. I'm thinking it must have been his default spec for rear spacing in 1978.
Chuckissimo Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
gpvb1@comcast.net wrote:
>
> Well....
> My 11/74 Italian GC is 120.
> In '74, 126 was kinda new IIRC (Raleigh adopted early, as I recall).
> Ciao,
> Gregorio Parker
> L'Ann Arborio, Michigan
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 08:45:47 -0400
> From: Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]masi spacin
>
> beeson-issimo -
> i vote for 126mm.
> 6 speed was ubiquitous by 1974.
> e-RICHIE®©
> Richard M Sachs
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> On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 14:41:18 +0200 Matteo Brandi <bees.bfg@tin.it>
> writes:
> Hello
>
> Im havin a 74 Masiwith double platefork crown being restored by Miller
> Lite
> enthusiast,Ed Litton.I was now wonderin,what the correct spacin for a
> bike
> of such vintage would be.Anyinfo appreciated
>
>
> Matteo"....you bay area retro-heads bettah stay offa that
> frame..."Brandi,Verdi-NEVADA